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A sunken Montreal highway is now a thriving public square featuring 21 flowering gardens, each honoring a woman lost to violence or who pioneered change. The project reconnects divided neighborhoods while creating a living memorial that blooms with the seasons.
An 18-year-old patient with a once-incurable immune disease now shows no symptoms after Montreal doctors used groundbreaking "prime editing" gene therapy. A year after treatment, he's living a normal life with three-quarters of his diseased cells permanently corrected.
A Montreal teen's viral TikTok videos brought her 92-year-old grandmother back together with her childhood best friend who happens to be royalty. Kaylee Patterson never imagined her social media hobby would reconnect two women separated for decades.
A year-long Canadian study tracking over 124,000 miles of real-world driving just proved electric semi trucks can save companies nearly $160,000 per vehicle over six years. Two Montreal fleets showed the future of freight is not only cleaner but seriously profitable.
A quarter-century of inspiring young innovators reaches a milestone as Canada's premier student robotics competition prepares for its 25th anniversary event. Thousands of students from coast to coast have discovered their passion for engineering, problem-solving, and teamwork through this transformative program.
Canada's premier student robotics competition is marking its 25th anniversary with a four-day event bringing together young innovators from across the country. MØ-DUEL 2026 challenges high school teams to build, program, and compete with robots while celebrating a quarter-century of inspiring tomorrow's tech leaders.
A Canadian company just secured $110 million to make factory robots as easy to use as smartphone apps. Vention's AI-powered platform is helping manufacturers automate production in days instead of months.
A Montreal university team just broke the 10-year-old world speed record for human-powered submarines, hitting 7.682 knots in a custom-built vessel designed around their pilot's body. The victory at Maryland's International Submarine Races marked a full-circle moment for pilot Hugo Breton, whose father won the same competition 30 years ago.
The tiny bubbles that help cancer spread through the body are now being recreated in labs to stop tumors in their tracks. Researchers in Montreal are using artificial copies to understand metastasis and deliver drugs directly to cancer cells.
The Montreal Holocaust Museum is opening its doors free every Sunday through June to share survivor stories and combat hate. The city-wide initiative includes film screenings, student programs, and special exhibits honoring those who lived through history's darkest chapter.